Jennifer Otting is a doctoral student in Education Policy Studies with a concentration in Comparative & International Education. CREECA sat down with Jenny to discuss her work examining education policy in “fragile states,” a topic …
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Remembering Al Senn
Alfred Erich Senn (April 12, 1932-March 8, 2016) began teaching in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961. During the following decades, Professor Senn rose to prominence as a scholar of Lithuanian …
Introducing First-Year Students to Russian Studies through FIGs
When Quin Stack arrived at UW-Madison’s Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR) the summer before his freshman year, he knew he wanted to enroll in a language course. He just didn’t know which language. After …
Exploring Summer Internship Opportunities in Central Europe
“Going abroad is an amazing opportunity,” says University of Wisconsin-Madison student Scout Inman. “I think it’s something that impacts you for the rest of your life.” Inman, a senior in the UW-Madison School of Journalism …
Forging Connections from Bayfield to Baikal
“As we left the home of our host that evening, the scene was saturated with long hugs and moist eyes – a definite indication this project successfully linked students from these two cultures.” In his …
A Conversation with Jose Vergara
Jose Vergara is a PhD candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature at UW-Madison. CREECA sat down with Jose in January 2016 and learned something about his experience studying Russian and Czech, his …
CREECA Faculty in the News
Members of the CREECA faculty are often called upon to comment on breaking news, ongoing developments, and trends in their areas of expertise, and their research is regularly cited in news coverage. 2015 was a …
UW Outreach Celebrates the Global Heritages of Wisconsin
On June 27, 2015 the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) hosted Exploring Global Stories Locally: Migration Histories, Children’s Literature, and Wisconsin Experiences in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) College of Education and …
Learning Russian, Forging Attachments in Daugavpils, Latvia
Reflecting on a summer studying Russian, living with a Russian-speaking host family, and hanging out with Russian-speaking peers, one student admitted, “This is the program that budded my love of the Russian language! Russian was …
We Are Her
On a rainy Friday in autumn, a woman stands at the base of Bascom Hill, yelling at pedestrians as they cross Park Street, “Чего вы смотрите тогда? Нечего смотреть вам!” Bewildered students pause briefly to …